A bizarre clip from German TV showing a mother converting to Islam in front of her impressionable young child went viral over the weekend.

It's from the show Lindenstrasse ("Lime Street") which has been running on public television weekly since 1985.

According to the site Postcards from Paris, the mother in the show is in a relationship with a Turkish Muslim and the show actually portrays her a fanatic, with her Turkish suitor being the voice of reason.

Egri Nok said on VladTepesBlog that his friends watched the show and told him "as the series progresses, the Turkish character that this woman is going to marry talks her out of her fanatical nonsense."